Table 2.
Results from the plasma validation assays.
| Target cytokine | Assay range (pg/ml) |
Sensitivity (pg/ml) | Intra-assay (%CV) | Inter-assay (%CV) | Cross reactivity (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| min | max | IL-2 | IL-4 | IL-6 | IL-10 | IFN-γ | TNF-α | ||||
| IL-2 | 40.96 | 10,000 | 40.2 | 2.4 | 4.9 (3.2–6.2) | 96 | |||||
| IL-4 | 40.96 | 10,000 | 32.7 | 7.7 | 6.2 (3.4–8.7) | 3.1 | 117 | ||||
| IL-6 | 40.96 | 10,000 | 31.6 | 6.7 | 11.2 (5.5–18.6) | 1.4 | 5.6 | 112 | |||
| IL-10 | 40.96 | 10,000 | 39.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 (2.8–4.6) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 104 | ||
| IFN-γ | 40.96 | 10,000 | 1.9 | 6.6 | 5.1 (3.3–8.6) | 2.6 | 15 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 90 | |
| TNF-α | 40.96 | 10,000 | 40.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 (3.1–4.4) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 | 97 |